- U.S. government debt crossed the symbolic $40 trillion mark on Wednesday for the first time in history, reaching exactly $40.047 trillion according to data released by the Treasury Department. This rise is faster than anticipated: the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) had previously projected a level of only $39.4 trillion by the end of the year. - 美國政府債務周三首次突破象徵性的4兆美元大關,根據美國財政部發布的數據,精確達到4.0047兆美元。這一增長速度比預期更快:美國國會預算辦公室(CBO)先前預估,截至今年年底僅將達到3.94兆美元。